Editorial Feedback

October 17, 2004

REQUIRED READING

I am an avid reader of the daily papers, and my day begins with a cup of coffee and the Daily Press. Wednesday's editorial page carries the finest editorial ("Freedom of religion") that I have read since moving here in 1997. I wish it could be reprinted on Page 1 and made required reading for all schools.

Martha Turnage

MORE ON MOORE

Quick, tear up my right to protest or to speak out or to believe there can be consequences when someone else exercises their constitutional rights. The Oct. 5 editorial "Shut them up" criticizes a Virginia delegate for exercising his right whether you agree with it or not. Then you compare Michael Moore's lies and "proven" deceit in "Fahrenheit 9/11" with Bill O'Reilly who does his research and reports facts. Whether you believe O'Reilly is too conservative or not, the impression and intent is to say that Moore is just as believable and factually correct. That's hogwash. He got caught in a lie by changing the headline on a newspaper in his film and tries to pass the film off as a documentary.

Mike Renninger

Editor's response: Instead of shutting up Moore, why not have someone come to the university and expose his alleged lies, deceit, exaggerations? More talk, not less. Our criticism was intended to be less about the delegate than about the university.

POSITIVELY REFRESHING

Ivan Fehrenbach's excellent Oct. 11 column, "The positive in a hurricane," was descriptively refreshing. Being a nature lover who spends a lot of quiet time in the Newport News park, I could easily visualize the scenes he depicted.